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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "cbrock84-headcount--check-hire-affordability",
 "repo": "cbrock84/headcount",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/cbrock84/headcount",
 "repo_slug": "cbrock84-headcount",
 "title": "Check whether a planned hire is affordable",
 "page_title": "How to check whether a planned hire is affordable with Headcount",
 "summary": "Use the finance unit-economics skill to test a hire against your revenue and cost figures.",
 "who": "A founder or operator deciding whether the company can carry a new salary.",
 "problem": "A hire can look reasonable on a salary line alone while the wider unit economics do not support it.",
 "outcome": "An assessment of whether the hire fits the business numbers you provide, based on the unit-economics skill.",
 "steps": [
  "In Claude Code, run `/plugin marketplace add cbrock84/headcount`.",
  "Run `/plugin install finance@headcount`. (inferred, check the README)",
  "Ask \"can we afford this hire?\" and give the salary, the fully loaded cost, and the revenue or margin figures you have.",
  "Check the answer against your own numbers before acting on it."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the cbrock84/headcount repo, load the finance:unit-economics skill and assess the hire described in <hire-figures-file>. Expected output: an affordability view based only on the figures in that file. Verify that every number cited in the answer appears in the input file.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The skill can only reason from the figures you supply, so missing revenue or cost data will limit the answer.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "markdown",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code, or ChatGPT or Codex with the repository added as a plugin marketplace",
  "A project or document that the skills can read, such as a design doc, a page, or a figures summary",
  "Permission to add a plugin marketplace to your coding tool"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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